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13-letter words containing o, c, t, h, r, n

  • copartnership — a partnership or association between two equals, esp in a business enterprise
  • core strength — the strength of the underlying muscles of the torso, which help determine posture
  • corinth canal — a ship canal connecting the Gulf of Corinth and the Saronic Gulf across the Isthmus of Corinth
  • corinthianize — to live a promiscuous life
  • cornish pasty — A Cornish pasty is a small pie with meat and vegetables inside.
  • costochondral — (anatomy) Relating to ribs and cartilage.
  • cotton matherCotton, 1663–1728, American clergyman and author.
  • counter check — a check available at a bank for the use of depositors in making withdrawals, orig. kept in supply on a counter
  • counter shaft — A counter shaft is a shaft that runs parallel to the main shaft in a gearbox, and carries the pinion wheels.
  • counterchange — to change parts, qualities, etc
  • countercharge — a charge brought by an accused person against the accuser
  • counterchecks — Plural form of countercheck.
  • counterphobic — seeking out a situation that one fears in an attempt to overcome the fear.
  • countershafts — Plural form of countershaft.
  • counterthesis — A thesis that rebuts another.
  • counterthreat — an opposing or retaliatory threat
  • counterthrust — an opposing or retaliatory thrust, esp in warfare or combat sports
  • counterweighs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of counterweigh.
  • counterweight — A counterweight is an action or proposal that is intended to balance or counter other actions or proposals.
  • country house — A country house is a large, often attractive, house in the country, usually one that is or was owned by a rich or noble family.
  • court hearing — an official meeting held in court
  • crosshatching — to mark or shade with two or more intersecting series of parallel lines.
  • crotchetiness — The state or quality of being crotchety.
  • crow-pheasant — a large coucal, Centropus sinensis, of Asia, having black and brown plumage and a long tail.
  • cryptoxanthin — a carotenoid pigment, C40H56O, in butter, eggs, and various plants, that can be converted into vitamin A in the body
  • cutting horse — a saddle horse trained for use in separating an individual animal, such as a cow, from a herd
  • cytopharynges — Plural form of cytopharynx.
  • dechorionated — (biology) From which the chorion has been removed.
  • demochristian — a member or supporter of a Christian democratic party or movement
  • dryopithecine — (sometimes initial capital letter) an extinct ape of the genus Dryopithecus, known from Old World Miocene fossils.
  • electrophones — Plural form of electrophone.
  • electrophonic — Relating to electronic equipment to produce sound (this adjectival sense is not comparable).
  • enchondromata — Plural form of enchondroma.
  • encroachments — Plural form of encroachment.
  • enterohepatic — Relating to or denoting the circulation of bile salts and other secretions from the liver to the intestine, where they are reabsorbed into the blood and returned to the liver.
  • epitrachelion — The liturgical vestment worn by priests and bishops of the Orthodox Church as the symbol of their priesthood, corresponding to the Western stole.
  • ethchlorvynol — A sedative and hypnotic drug used to treat insomnia.
  • ethnocentrism — The tendency to look at the world primarily from the perspective of one's own traditional, deferred, or adoptive ethnic culture.
  • ethnocultural — Relating to or denoting a particular ethnic group.
  • ethnographica — a collection of ethnographic items
  • ethnohistoric — relating to ethnohistory
  • franche-comte — a former province in E France: once a part of Burgundy.
  • friction head — (in a hydraulic system) the part of a head of water or of another liquid that represents the energy that the system dissipates through friction with the sides of conduits or channels and through heating from turbulent flow.
  • gastrophrenic — (anatomy) Pertaining to the stomach and diaphragm.
  • genetotrophic — pertaining to nutrition and genetics
  • goliath crane — a gantry crane for heavy work, as in steel mills.
  • gonadotrophic — Of, pertaining to, or stimulating the functions of the gonads.
  • gonochoristic — Of or pertaining to gonochorism.
  • gopher client — (networking)   A program which runs on your local computer and provides a user interface to the Gopher protocol and to gopher servers. Web browsers can act as Gopher clients and simple Gopher-only clients are available for ordinary terminals, the X Window System, GNU Emacs, and other systems.
  • hallucinatory — pertaining to or characterized by hallucination: hallucinatory visions.
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